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Cloud Pentesting Methodology
⬢ TIER 3Tech
High
Salary impact
12 months
Time to learn
Hard
Difficulty
—
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At a glance
Master cloud-native attack surfaces, IAM bypass techniques, data exfiltration paths, and reporting to help enterprises remediate before adversaries strike.
What is Cloud Pentesting Methodology
Cloud penetration testing is authorized, methodical exploitation of cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP) to identify security weaknesses before attackers do. Unlike automated scanning, pentesters chain misconfigurations into real compromise scenarios: e.g., overpermissive IAM → privilege escalation → data exfiltration. Key attack vectors:
🔧 TOOLS & ECOSYSTEM
Pacu (AWS pentesting)ScoutSuite / CloudMapperProwler (AWS/Azure/GCP scanner)Metasploit cloud modulesBurp Suite + cloud integrationsTerraform security scanningKubernetes penetration testingNetwork security analyzers
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